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MURO⚡12/13/25, 9:29 AM

Is there way to only get the count of records (of a relation)? in stead of whole data?

cAroed12/8/25, 10:12 AM

Hi guys, i see that the project is pivoting towards new features, what are the impacts on existing applications built with manifest ?

Exporting a list of entities as a CSV

Nathaki11/12/25, 10:06 AM

Heya! I'm trying to implement a simple wait-list/newsletter form on my website, it emails so even manifest seems a bit overkill, however I can't seem to figure out how to quickly export all entries as a CSV or something similar.
By default the get method returns a paginated list and it seems a bit clunky to me.

I'm admittedly quite new at making these kinds of things and I'm a bit lost, yet I can't find anything related in the docs.
Thanks.

Deploy on Coolify

Recreabox11/5/25, 6:43 PM

Hello,

Thank for this initiative

, i'd like to use Manifest for my new project.
I know that you already supports Docker.

Just asking if someone deployed on Coolify or if maybe it's planned to add a template on Coolify ?

Thanks

DB synchronize = false

ºRidėr10/30/25, 2:06 PM

It is possible to create the manifest file with an existing Database and just map the structure of tables and relations?
Cause when I'm trying to connect with my Postgres database it tries to clean the DB, DROP relations and recreate all the tables.

Relationship Error

debugair10/24/25, 4:40 PM

I did play around with manifest and did check the possibilities around relations. I did copy the Baseball League example found here: https://manifest.build/docs/entities#relations what results in the following error:

Error: Entity Fixture has duplicate relationship names : Team, Team

Please fix the above issue and try again.

I use the latest version:

"dependencies": {
"manifest": "^4.17.11"
}

is it possible that this is a bug or am I missing something?

Thank you so much for your help.

Entities | Manifest Docs

Introduction

Blank page on collection pages refresh

Emilien9/8/25, 8:45 AM

Hello ! i'm new here !
I just installed manifest to try it.

When i go to http://localhost:1111/ the admin show up and when i navigate to a collection everything is fine. But when i refresh the collection page, I land on a blank page and there nothing to do, i just have to go back to the root page.

I suppose that's not normal behavior

Do you know what I could do to solve this problem?

Deploying a Vue app on Digital Ocean

silkydaboi8/24/25, 5:11 PM

I have a Vue app using Manifest for the backend. I want to deploy it on my DigitalOcean droplet.

I have got the codebase on my droplet, and when i run I am able to access the admin panel. However, I am not sure if Manifest is also supposed to start the Vue app? I have the env value set to , so I am not sure what else to do or where else to look.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Is it possible to sort results by a field in a group ?

cAroed8/22/25, 7:37 AM

E.g
orderBy=personalInfo.firstName

Feature request: Please provide a way to create INDEXes on one or more properties using YAML #398

steve798/19/25, 1:22 AM

Anyone thinks this is important => https://github.com/mnfst/manifest/discussions/398

GitHub

Feature request: Please provide a way to create INDEXes on one or m...

Feature request: Please provide a way to create INDEXes on one or more properties using YAML Check: https://sqlite.org/lang_createindex.html https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/mysql-indexes.ht...

Updating group fields does not work

cAroed8/14/25, 2:11 PM

Anyone else having the same issue, when trying to update a field that's in a group, i'm always getting an error 500 and a QueryFailedError from the server

Showing/hiding properties in API based on user’s role

Filip8/7/25, 12:43 PM

Hi, I was wondering if it’s possible to show/hide specific properties based on user’s access level. Similarly, could some attributes be shown/hidden based on whether user is record’s owner or not.

I’m aware it can probably be done with custom endpoints, but I was wondering if there’s a built-in solution?

How to update/upgrade manifest and related dependencies ?

Ronnie8/4/25, 10:13 PM

I have existing manifest project, how to update/upgrade manifest and related dependencies ?

Image always converted to jpg?

MURO⚡7/21/25, 5:36 PM

When I upload a png image it's always converted into a jpg? How to stop that?

Entity definitions in separate YML files

fedehusk7/11/25, 1:33 PM

Hi, I'd like to propose a solution that allows for defining entities in separate files.

In this case, the file would have a structure like:

What do you think, does it make sense? I'd find it useful, as building a single file for multiple entities, often with comments, is a bit pointless for me.

Building an ecommerce site (digital products only)

Ian7/10/25, 6:26 PM

How crazy would it be to build an ecommerce site using Manifest, at the stage that Manifest is at?

Only for digital products.

Custom Storage Configuration

Vulthane7/8/25, 9:23 AM

Hi,
I would like to use a storage solution that is not S3, but rather Vercel Blob for my application. Is it possible to create a custom configuration similar to the example below?

I'm wondering if this type of custom storage provider configuration is supported, and if so, what would be the proper way to implement it? Specifically, I'd like to:

Set up Vercel Blob as the storage provider
Configure it using environment variables (like the BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN)
Ensure it integrates properly with the application

Additionally, I'd like to know if it's possible to create a custom storage provider manually in code, similar to how S3 providers work? If the built-in Vercel Blob support doesn't exist, could I implement my own provider by writing the necessary code to handle the storage operations?
Could you please let me know if this is feasible and provide guidance on:

The correct configuration format for Vercel Blob
How to create a custom storage provider implementation if needed

Thank you for your assistance.

Error when creating admin account

Chris Kacerguis6/22/25, 4:25 PM

Hello.

I've setup new manifest project, and when going to the admin panel, it is asking to make a new admin account. However, when I try to create an account /signup is ruturning the following:

Running the latest version of manifest, and I created the project just using:

Nothing is showing in the console:

I'm using NodeJS 22.13.1

Could anyone offer some guidance on what I have done wrong, or some troubleshooting steps?

TypeError on endpoints with fresh react project

Ergo6/19/25, 5:09 PM

Hi!
This is likely user error, I'm not too experienced with NodeJS.

I get this error when trying to access a dynamic endpoint. Interestingly, this doesn't happen on a fresh project with only manifest. So yeah, probably my fault.

Minimum reproduction:

added to backend.yml:

manifest/handlers/test.js:

node/npm:

custom policies with validators

Matthieu MARC6/17/25, 9:01 AM

I am writing an application to manage ACLs. ACL are "permissions" which apply to "users". "Permission" belong to "Perimeter", and "User" belong to many "Perimeter".

For example : Permission "read" on perimeter "application 1". And User "john" belong to "application 1".

User are authenticable. So they can connect to the application and I want to allow users to update/create/delete ACLs which use "Permission" belong to same perimeter as user belong to.

If policies include validators, I would be able to create a policy to restrict access to user where acl.permission.perimeter equals user.perimeter.

Is it possible to implement it ?